HF Book #3 Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe

I am two months behind and have seven books to read before the end of the year. Considering it is June you would think I have all the time in the world to read seven books - especially since I am on vacation. I just know I need to push myself and stop procrastinating.


So, I have read all three books in Mr. Achebe's trilogy. This last book explains how Nigeria went from a Pagan nation into Christianity through the 'miscalculation' of the tribal priest. It shows the life of the tribal priest and his responsibilities and the different problems that came about and how he dealt with these problems with his tribe, sons and wives.

How my Grandmother, Gladys McFarland met my Grandfather, Roosevelt Sanders

How my Grandmother, Gladys McFarland met my Grandfather, Roosevelt Sanders:
My grandmother lived in Bee Branch, Arkansas.  She went to Haytown, Missouri to pick cotton. She lived with her sister, Vanilla in a large community house which bordered cotton pickers. While she was picking cotton an young man introduced himself. He asked her to marry him. She said she was engaged. After the cotton picking season was over she went back home. The young man and she corresponded back and forth. He asked if she could visit her. She confided with her step-mother Mama T. Mama T said the visit should be okay with her father. Then she prayed to God and ask to see the man she should marry dress in white. When she dreamt she saw this young man dressed in all white. He wrote to her father and asked not only for a visit but her hand in marriage. He came on a Sunday afternoon and talked to her father. Or rather her father drilled him up and down. But he gave his consent. The next day,  Monday,  they went to Conway, Arkansas and was married by her cousin.
     They moved to Haytown, Mo. and lived with his Mom. Gladys' brother,  Vincent was living with his wife in St. Louis,  Mo. He told Gladys that she should move there. But her husband mother was very sick and he did not want to leave her. So they decided that Gladys would stay and try out St. Louis for two months. After the two months Roosevelt put his mother in a home and moved to St. Louis with his wife, Gladys.

HF#2 No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe

Finished the second book in the trilogy No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe. Very insightful concerning Nigeria cultural. It has some very interesting themes to ponder. Some of the themes are the conflicts experienced between traditional values vs modern ideas vs cultural differences.

HF Book#1 Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

A good read about the life of an African tribesmen and his fellow villagers before Europeans arrived as missionaries in North Africa.

2015 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge

I have entered the 2015 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge hosted by Passages to the Past blog. I picked the Renaissance Reader - 10 books. My first book is Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. I want to concentrate on the continent of Africa.